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Bulletin #Three January 2014

In This Issue

COMMON MISSION EVALUATION/REVIEW

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 2014

ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

PHASES of PREPARATION with ASSOCIATED TIMELINE...

WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST for a DELEGATE?

WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST for an OBSERVER?

HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE?

VILLA MADONNA RETREAT HOUSE

CONTACT INFO

Phase 3 of our National Assembly Preparations:

Common Mission Evaluation/ Review 2014

As an Ignatian Lay Apostolate, CLC is invited to review our Common Mission along with all Canadian Jesuit Apostolates, at the invitation of Fr. Peter Bission s.j., Jesuit Provincial of English Canada.

How will the Holy Spirit lead CLC Canada in discerning mission and collaborating with others to impact the next 20-50 years? To begin we assess where we have been and where we are now.

You will find 3 documents to assist the National Common Mission Evaluation :

1.) Common Mission Overview

2) 1999 Common Mission Evaluation - NA Preparatory Material - An April 30th response is requested through your Regional Rep, using the format and guidelines sent to your Guides. Responses received by April 30th will be collated and returned to you before the National Assembly.

3) Common Mission Review "Where are we Now?" was prepared by General Council with initial national input assessing the current mission and its evolving status across Canada.

CANADA'S COMMON MISSION

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

As Christian Life Community of Canada we will act as communities, not as individual identities. We will develop leadership in CLC Canada that will move communities to action with special attention to youth/young adults. Through the apostolate of the Spiritual Exercises: Communication, Education, Social Justice in Action, we will strive to better love and serve the Blessed Trinity in our world community as the Canadian CLC.

June 26 - 28, 1999 - CLC 5th National Assembly in Winnipeg

World Day of Prayer March 25th

Annually, on the Feast of the Annunciation CLC-CVX World members gather to pray in their communities or in clusters. A letter from the world (Projects #158) gives focus for the prayer in conjunction with the Final Document of the World Assembly 2013.
Read More...

Join us in Canada's Prayer Wave March 25th!

For the Atlantic Region: 4 am - 9 am, Central Region: 8 am - 1 pm, Prairies Region: 12 pm - 5 pm. Rockies Region: 4 pm - 12 am.

CLC CANADA's 8th NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Celebrating 40 Years Young

May 29 - June 1, 2014

Saint John, New Brunswick

Theme:

Rooted in Blessed History ~ Sent to the Frontiers

Matthew 13: 23

"As for the seed that fell on good soil it is the one who hears the word and understands it: it bears fruit and produces a hundred, or sixty or thirty times more."

ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

CLICK ABOVE

The Online Registration Form can be printed for snail-mail registration by "clicking" the link above, "select" how you are registering (Delegate, Observer etc), "click" continue, once you enter Delegate or Observer etc. You may then "right click" on the form and "click" print from the drop down menu. This can only be done if you are online and inside the registration form you wish to print.

PHASES OF PREPARATION WITH ASSOCIATED TIMELINE

Preparations are being made on your behalf as a national Lay Apostolic Body as we look forward to gathering next spring. The following phases are presented here to help you plan time for prayerful reflection within your community and with your delegate, offering an April 30th response.

Phase 1 - Dec 12th

- Introduction and Invitation to the 17th National Assembly with World Assembly 2013 Final Document. (click here)

Phase 2 - Jan 15th

- Registration Forms and Process available on line -

Phase 3 - Jan 30th

- CANADA'S COMMON MISSION Evaluation (dsse) Review - materials sent to communities - April 30th response

Phase 4 - March 30th

- Canada's Constitution Consensus Process outlined for delegates and observers attending.

Phase 5 - June 1st

- draft Vision Statement - a grace stating our movement forward through recommendations from the assembly for the next five years.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST for a DELEGATE?

$720.00
- DELEGATE Total Cost
break down

$420.00 - projected shared responsibility for each delegate's travel. The Travel Fund ensures that travel cost is equalized from the Rockies to the Atlantic and therefore the same cost for each delegate. The travel fund equalization formula used can be found in SOP 13 read more

75.00 - Non refundable registration fee

$225.00 - Delegate accommodation and meals.

Dates due: $495.00 March 1, 2014

$225.00 April 30, 2014

Your community shares financial co-responsibility to raise these funds, as your delegate brings your community's voice to the national assembly in areas of input and consensus.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL COST for an OBSERVER?

As an observer you are responsible to book and pay for your accommodations. There are limited rooms available at the Villa Madonna Retreat House.

PLEASE BOOK EARLY!

OBSERVER break down if staying at the Villa

$75.00 - Non refundable registration fee (due March 1st)

$225.00 - Accommodation + meals. (due April 30th)

$300.00 Total

OBSERVER break down if commuting but wishing Villa meals

$75.00 - Non refundable registration fee (due March 1st)

$105.00 - Villa

meals not including breakfast(due April 30th)

$180.00 Total

OBSERVER break down if commuting and not wishing Villa meals

$75.00 - Non refundable registration fee
(due March 1st)

HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE?

Please check out
INCOME TAX RECEIPT availability click
here.

Not all methods will receive income tax receipts.

There are two ways to donate if you are looking for an income tax receipt:

"NEW" DONATE ONLINE ! Using this direct link to our National Treasurer will give you an instant tax receipt, check it out!
The National Treasurer, Charity Accounts,

200 North Service RD.W., Unit 1 #353,

Oakville, ON, CA, L6M 2Y1

Please

made cheques payable to "

CLC Canada".

There is one way to donate if you are not looking for an income tax receipt:

The Atlantic Regional Treasurer, Tim McWade, 45 Main Street, PO Box 475, Stanley, NB E6B 1A5. Please make cheques payable to "CLC Atlantic".

NEW DONATE ONLINE !

Using this direct link to our National Treasurer will give you an instant tax receipt, check it out HERE!

A warm welcome awaits you at the Villa Madonna Retreat House!

Since 1931, over half a million people have discovered our oasis just 10 minutes east of the Saint John, New Brunswick airport. They have come to the Villa alone or in groups to be nourished and renewed in body, mind, and spirit. Secluded from the world that goes on outside its gates, our grounds have a timeless beauty and provide a serene setting that people return to again and again.

The Villa Madonna Retreat House is nestled in 102 acres of rustic woodland on the shores of the beautiful Kennebecasis River. We are open year-round with every season offering its' own natural beauty.

Visitors enjoy the peace and quiet that surrounds them on the paths through the woodlands and along the river any time of year. Inside the building, visitors find casual, comfortable facilities that provide a relaxing environment in which to rest, reflect, and be renewed.

The Villa Madonna Retreat House is a non-smoking & scent free facility!

CONTACT INFO for our NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COORDINATOR:

Gerri Tingley - gerritingley@gmail.com

SUB COMMITTEES

REGISTRATION/ACCOMMODATION:
Bob McDermott - mcdermot@nbnet.nb.ca
TREASURER: Tim McWade - tojomcwade@nb.sympatico.ca
TRANSPORTATION: Dorie McDermott - mcdermot@nbnet.nb.ca
LITURGY: Shirley McLean - rsmclean@rogers.com
LITURGY: Sandy Mudge - smmudge@hotmail.ca

ASSEMBLY CONTACT: GERRI TINGLEY 506-653-0917

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